By Nina Shapiro July 15, 2010

At age 17, Sergio Marquez left his hometown in the Mexican state of Michoacán and traveled to the small U.S. town of Wapato, amid the fertile farmlands of Washington's Yakima Valley. Even in Mexico, he had heard about the valley's famed apple trees — and the work that could be found picking, pruning,... More >>>

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Apple grower Manuel Herrera recently leased these apple trees from another grower. They had been neglected for some years, and now Herrera is working to restore the orchard.